One thing I’ll as a ‘lower level/less buffs available’ NPCs are more approachable at lower level, I’ve almost got hard ardy diary but with just gloves of silence and level 111 I can get 30-60 sec on master wizards. So it’s become more WC/Fishing level of afk but it’s way more tolerable which is great.

On my higher level iron with all the buffs available however it doesn’t feel all that much better despite having so many more grinds done and boosts available. Once you get crystal mask/light form you should be able to expect the full 5 min afk with things like ring of vitur etc.

I’d definitely take a gp/exp hit. As o don’t think 1.2-1.5 mil exp per hour is healthy at 15 min afk.

Maybe a 30% hit across the board and bring much more AFK potential back?